Hydrangea Box

 

Hydrangea Boxes

Hydrangea Boxes

Hydrangea Lids

I am not so happy with my folding. The finishing is not perfect and also I could not take a better photo with a nice view. I might revisit at a later point of time.

With 8 inch square sheet I was able to fold up to 6 layers. I tried folding with Origami kami paper but somehow I tend to tear it every time. Printer papers are relatively thicker but don't use extra thick.

Designed by : Shuzo Fujimoto

8 inch square Printer Paper used. 

Video tutorial by Sara Adams:

Sakura Star

 

Above Pic: Sakura star and Cherry blossom flower from different size papers. Made from Pentagon and Hexagon.

Sakura Star designed by Ali Bahmani

6 inch Origami paper and 8 inch printer paper used

Single Sheet Origami

Video Tutorial by Sara Adams:

Hydrangea with leaves

 

Hydrangea with flowers

Happy Sankranti!!

After braided paper and Anrea's rose I folded Hydrangea flower. The last I folded this was in 2013. I was kind of skeptical whether I will be able to figure out or not. Initially I struggled, I tore paper or could not get more than 3 layers. After several attempts I was able to succeed. 

The folding came out better than before. May be I am more experienced now, so the folding came out pretty neat. Then I went gung ho about Hydrangea and I could not stop myself with one or two. I ended up folding several. I posted some photos in my blog - Hydrangea by Shuzo Fujimoto.

Once I got a hang of Hydrangea, I tried Hydrangea with leaves.

Designed by - Shuzo Fujimoto and Meenakshi Mukerji

Paper size used - 6 inch and 8 inch papers

Video Tutorial by Sara Adams:

Braided Paper

 

Braided Paper by J.C. Nolan

Braided Paper designed by J.C. Nolan - folded by me

Single sheet Origami

For the model in above picture I used color printer paper of 8 inch square. Fairly thin sheet is used. It's a pleasure to fold this model. Difficulty level is intermediate.

I also folded J.C. Nolan's Andrea's rose. Last time I folded was 8 years back. It's pretty similar to this model. I thoroughly enjoyed folding both of them. The updated photos can be seen in this link - Andrea's rose

Video Tutorial by Sara Adams:

Kusudama Star Holes

I was making a kusudama after a very long gap. I didn't have hard time making the units. I took printer sheets for this. I prefer the thickness of printer sheets for a lot of models because the end product is sturdier compared to when done using kami. The third unit is a little hard to assemble. After assembling a couple of units I got the hang of it. When I was half way through, there were just six units left and the model was not converging. I realized I had assembled a hexagon at one place. I removed the pieces and corrected it. The end model is very stable and sturdy.

Star Holes

Designed by : Francesco Mancini

No of units : 30

3.5 inch printer paper used

No glue used for assembly.  

Video Tutorial by Tadashi Mori:

Happy New Year 2021 - revisiting Butterfly Kusudama

 I wish everybody a Happy New Year 2021. I haven't been able to dedicate time for art. It had been nearly 6 months since I did sketching or Origami. We had a mandatory shutdown for Christmas and New Year. I could dust off the Origami papers and tried Butterfly Kusudama. I had already done one before. Here's the link - http://deepikart.blogspot.com/2018/01/butterfly-kusudama.html. I was out of shape, so it took me 3 days to complete each kusudama. I did two of the kusudamas. Gave the colorful kusudama to my aunt who appreciated it a lot. I tried with different color sheets but liked the kusudama done with same color. Here are some photos. This is one of my favorite kusudamas. It's a treat for eyes.